ROUND-TRIP TICKET

Before we come to Earth

we are given a round-trip ticket

so that, when we finish our sojourn here,

we can go back Home .

We come here to this planet

full of excitement and expectations.

Upon our birth as a human being

we embark on our life's journey.

This is a wondrous place,

full of adventure, things to see and do .

People are mostly kind, but

we soon learn that some are not.

It's up to us to decide how

to handle Life's vicissitudes .

Do we enjoy it, get satisfaction from it,

or do we allow it to defeat us,

destroy our spirit ?

Do we learn as we go along;

do we figure out the best path to take,

or do we huddle within ourselves

and hide from the realities of life ?

It behooves us to learn quickly and adapt

to the changes that come, often unexpectedly .

It isn't easy; there are many obstacles

in our path. We have to either go around

or leap over them .

We have lessons to learn while here

in this Earth school .

Only when we have completed them,

will we use the 'Return' part of our

Round-trip ticket, and go back

to where it all began...Home .

This was written 3 days ago, the day

I wrote 'Life's Illusions', after hearing from my son

about his declining health.

I have written before about the fact

that we live here for just a short while, then

go back, return that life to the One who gave it

to us, but that phone call from Dwight, started

me thinking of it again, about the fragility of life,

and how it can be gone in a millisecond .

All the silly bickering, and pursuing riches, and

power are so foolish. As we've heard so many times

in this life...'you can't take it with you', so why

put so much time and energy in chasing after

those ,oh, so temporary things ?

Our time is best spent in loving and being loved,

and showing that love at every opportunity .

Love is what lasts, even beyond death.

I love all my children and grandchildren

and great-grandchildren. I love the children

whom my late husband and I 'adopted in our hearts'.

and all my close and distant relatives, and friends.

I believe that was God's purpose in sending

us to populate the Earth, to spread His love

to all mankind and to all His creatures .

I love you all, now and forever.

D

March 14, 2012